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194                <h3>UKBCEP Chair</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a data-router-slot="disabled" href="https://uk-bcep.org/news/professor-graham-underwood-appointed-new-chair-of-the-uk-blue-carbon-evidence-partnership/" title="Professor Graham Underwood appointed new Chair of the UK Blue Carbon Evidence Partnership" type="external"><span>In March 2023 Professor Graham Underwood, of Essex University, was appointed as the chair of the UKBCEP.</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><img src="/media/00qe015m/underwood-graham-2-1.jpg?rmode=max&amp;width=395&amp;height=263" alt="Graham Underwood looking at the camera smiling" width="395" height="263" style="float: left; margin: 10px 20px 10px 0px;"> Professor Underwood, from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Essex, has extensive research experience, having carried out ground-breaking coastal biology research for more than 30 years, with a particular focus on carbon, nutrients and ecosystem functions.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">As its Chair, Professor Underwood will lead the partnership’s work to bring together the activities across the UK to progress the evidence base on blue carbon habitats for the UK and ensuring that the UK has a joint and robust shared scientific understanding of blue carbon.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Professor Underwood has experience of many strategic roles including at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Environment Agency on various advisory panels and statutory committees.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">He also has a wealth of experience in working with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) since 2002 including as a member of the Science and Innovation Strategy Board, the NERC peer-review college, Chair of the Strategic Programmes Advisory Group and most recently as Chair of the Science Committee.</p><h3>UKBCEP Partners</h3><div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: space-between;"><a data-router-slot="disabled" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Department of Energy Security and Net Zero" type="external"><img src="/media/zsddokvt/desnz_colour_main.png" alt="Logo for the Department for Energy Security &amp; Net Zero" style="height: 100px; width: auto; object-fit: contain; margin: 10px;"></a> <a data-router-slot="disabled" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs" type="external"><img src="/media/mksfgfvy/defra-logo-green-print.png" alt="Logo for Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs" style="height: 100px; width: auto; object-fit: contain; margin: 10px;"></a> <a data-router-slot="disabled" href="https://www.gov.wales/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Welsh Gov" type="external"><img src="/media/p54nj5tv/wg_positive_40mm-eps-logo.png" alt="Welsh Government logo" style="height: 100px; width: auto; object-fit: contain; margin: 10px;"></a></div><div style="display: flex; justify-content: space-around; margin-top: 30px;"><a data-router-slot="disabled" href="https://www.gov.scot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Scot gov" type="external"><img src="/media/ajaaqbfs/scotgov.jpg" alt="Scottish Government Logo" style="height: 100px; width: auto; object-fit: contain; margin: 10px;"></a> <a data-router-slot="disabled" href="https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="DAERA" type="external"><img src="/media/4gufwvxn/a4-daera-logo-process-rgb.jpg" alt="Logo for Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)" style="height: 100px; width: auto; object-fit: contain; margin: 10px;"></a></div><p></p>
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